Sixteen organisations are set to receive assistance from Arts Council England under the Large Capital Grants programme which covers works to buildings, including the Writers’ Centre Norwich (Grade I listed) which is building a new wing and developing the existing space, and Derby Museums which plans to transform the world’s first factory site into a ‘creative and inspirational 21st century space’.
Arts Council England writes:
Today we are announcing that 16 organisations across the country have been invited to apply for the second stage of our Large Capital Grants programme. The programme supports organisations to improve existing buildings to make them more economically and environmentally sustainable and gives organisations the right buildings and equipment to support their work.
Most of these 16 projects focus on the refurbishment or extension of existing arts buildings. They range from upgrades of spaces to large scale renovations. The successful applicants will now be invited to complete a stage two application within the next 18 months, showing plans at a detailed stage of design and development. Projects will then be assessed on long-term sustainability and resilience, the potential for partnership funding, and ability to manage and deliver the work proposed. Funding of £57 million will be available should they be successful at this stage.
Darren Henley, Chief Executive, Arts Council England said: ‘This programme is about backing a wide range of really exciting proposals to allow our arts and cultural organisations to thrive, for the benefit of artists and audiences across the country. We look forward to seeing the second stages of these applications so that we can help to get these projects off the ground, to help enhance the arts and cultural infrastructure around the country.’
‘We plan to run one further capital round for large grants during the 2015-2018 period with a budget of £43 million and this is most likely to be launched in the second quarter of 16/17’
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View the full list of successful projects
